Italy’s final HICP inflation likely to have remained the same as flash
estimate in August. According to a Societe Generale research report, Italian
final HICP inflation is expected to have confirmed the flash reading of 0
percent year-on-year. Major components are expected to have made positive
contributions to the headline reading, except for services.
In spite of
registering a monthly fall, energy prices rebounded a bit to -6.4 percent
year-on-year from -6.9 percent in July. In the meantime, food prices increased
for the fifth straight month due to increased prices of unprocessed
food.
Meanwhile, core inflation continued to be stable at 0.5 percent
year-on-year as services prices weakened a few ticks in August after rebounding
in July. Prices of non-energy industrial goods rebounded to 0.4 percent from 0.2
percent year-on-year due to summer sales of footwear and clothing.
